2019
- Download the 2019 Poster Template.
- Complete the HSSRS REDCap Submission Form
- Select title carefully! It should match your poster title.
- The submission form and poster are due March 27, 2019.
- The event is April 17, 2019 in the Student Union (Rm 401) from 3:00 – 5:00 pm.
- Schools participating include: Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Biological Sciences, Engineering and Arts & Science
- Students should be prepared to give 3-5 minutes presentation to viewers –allow 5 minutes for questions.
- Research Administration will put up SOM posters.
School of Medicine HSSRS Policy.
Student poster presentations will be judged by a SOM faculty member and you will be notified of your approximate judge time. Awards are available for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places for the BA/MD students and 1st place for the post-graduate students.
Awards provided in memory of former faculty member and surgeon – Loredana Brizio Molteni, MD, FACS
UMKC shuttle bus info – www.umkc.edu/transportation/ UMKC permit parking available in the Cherry St. Parking Garage (5005 Oak Street)
Medical Students | Graduate Students |
• 1st place poster/presentation | • 1st place poster/presentation |
Keerthi Gondi, “Symptomatic Versus Asymptomatic Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension in Children.” | Kathryn Kyler, “The Association of Weight with Drug Dosing Variation in Children Hospitalized with Asthma.” |
• 2nd place | • 2nd place poster/presentation |
Nikhil Havaldar, “Epidemiology of Human Rhinovirus in School-Aged Children and Adolescents with Medically Attended Acute Respiratory Infection.” | Poghni Peri-Okonny, “Blood Pressure Variability and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction.” |
• 3rd place | |
Yicheng Bao, “Visual Field Loss in Patients with Diabetes in the Absence of Clinically-Detectable Vascular Retinopathy.” | |
Awards provided in memory of former faculty member Loredana Brizio Molteni, MD, FACS |
Noor Alshami
Keaton Alton
Yicheng Bao
Joe Bean
Priyesha Bijlani
Jacob Bly
Shannon Demehri
Morgan Dresvyannikov
Annahita Fotouhi
Keerthi Gondi
Keerthi Gondi
Jonah Graves
Kevin Guevara
Herschel Gupta
Thomas Haferkamp
Usman Hasnie
Usman Hasnie
Nikhil Havaldar
Vittal Hejjaji
Sarah Jacob
Donya Jahandar
Priya Jain
Ishaan Jakhar
Jonathan Jalali
Ankit Kadakia
Debolina Kanjilal
Saber Khan
Jessica Kieu
Eshwar Kishore
Anusha Kodidhi
Katherine Kyler
Alex Luke
Afeerah Malik
Ali Malik
Mahnoor Malik
Kizhan Muhammad
Anthony Oyekan
Sriram Paravastu
Shaan Patel
Jacob Perera
Poghni Peri-Okonny
Andrew Peterson
Sarah Pourakbar
Jeremy Provance
Jeremy Provance
Geethanjali Rajagopal
Geethanjali Rajagopal
Zackary Randall
Casey Rose
Sharon Sabapathypillai
Amber Lelia Sarvestani
Karina Shah
Karina Shah
Charles Sherrod
Vidhan Srivastava
Danielle Terrill
Danielle Terrill
Elizabeth Theng
Krishna Trivedi
Michael VanDillen
Kevin Varghese
Xi Wang
How to Write and Present a Poster (need UMKC user ID/password)
Contact Office of Research Administration for any additional questions.
2018
- Download the 2018 Poster Template.
- Complete the Submission form on the REDCap portal.
- Select abstract title carefully! It should match your poster title.
- The submission form and posters due March 22, 2018.
- The event is April 18, 2018 in the Student Union (Rm 401) from 3:00 – 5:00 pm.
- Schools participating include: Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Biological Sciences, Engineering and Arts & Science
- Students should be prepared to give 3-5 minutes presentation to viewers –allow 5 minutes for questions.
- Research Administration will put up SOM posters.
School of Medicine HSSRS Policy.
Medical Students | Graduate Students |
• 1st place poster/presentation | • 1st place poster/presentation |
Chizitam Ibezim, “Long Term Outcomes of Mechanical Mitral Valve Replacment in Children.” Chizitam was mentored by Geetha Raghuveer, MD. |
Firas Al Badarin, MD, MSCR, “Utilization of Radiation-saving Practices with Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: Temporal.” Firas was mentored by John Spertus, MD. |
• 2nd place | |
Kelly Kapp, “Cardiac Valve Replacement Associated with Higher Values of Glycocalyx Production in Viridans Streptococcal Endocarditis.” Kelly was mentored by Lawrence Dall, MD. |
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• 3rd place | |
Mahnoor Malik, “Purification and Crystallization of Diphtheria Toxin for X-Ray Analysis.” Mahnoor was mentored by Alexey S. Ladokhin, MD. |
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Awards provided in memory of former faculty member Loredana Brizio Molteni, MD, FACS |
Student poster presentations will be judged by a SOM faculty member and you will be notified of your approximate judge time. Awards are available for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places for the BA/MD students and 1st place for the post-graduate students.
Awards provided in memory of former faculty member and surgeon – Loredana Brizio Molteni, MD, FACS
UMKC shuttle bus info – www.umkc.edu/transportation/ UMKC permit parking available in the Cherry St. Parking Garage (5005 Oak Street)
How to Write and Present a Poster (need UMKC user ID/password)
Contact Office of Research Administration for any additional questions.
2017
- Word Limit 350—no images.
- Download the 2017 Poster template
- Review the 2017 HSSRS SOM Poster Guidelines
- Select abstract title carefully! It should match your poster title.
- Student’s mentor will need to approve abstract submission—email will automatically be generated to mentor at time of submission.
- Please make sure to input your advisor’s preferred email address.
- Abstracts and poster submissions will be due March 17, 2017. Posters are submitted to Research Administration.
- The event is April 26th in the Student Union (Rm 401) from 3:00 – 5:00 pm.
- Schools participating include: Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Biological Sciences, Engineering and Arts & Science
- Students should be prepared to give 3-5 minutes presentation to viewers –allow 5 minutes for questions.
- Research Administration will put up SOM posters.
School of Medicine HSSRS Policy.
Medical Students | Graduate Students (currently enrolled) |
• 1st place poster/presentation (tie) | • 1st place poster/presentation |
Kayla Briggs, “Development of a Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery Tertiary Referral Center within the Veterans Affairs Medical System: Early Experiences.” – Kayla was mentored by Farzad Alemi, MD, MS. Sai Vanam, “Effects of Cryopreservation on Structure and Quality of Corneal Tissue.” – Sai was mentored by Peter Koulen, PhD. |
Yashashwi Pokharel, MD, MSCR, “Heterogeneity in Treatment Effect in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease: Insights from the CLEVER Trial.” -Yashashwi was mentored by Kim Smolderen, PhD. |
• 2nd place | |
Claire Smith, “The Cost and Potential Avoidability of Antibiotic-Associated Adverse Drug Reactions.” Claire was mentored by Jennifer L. Goldman MD, MS. | |
Awards provided in memory of former faculty member Loredana Brizio Molteni, MD, FACS |
Student poster presentations will be judged by a SOM faculty member and you will be notified of your approximate judge time. Awards are available for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places for the BA/MD students and 1st place for the post-graduate students.
Awards provided in memory of former faculty member and surgeon – Loredana Brizio Molteni, MD, FACS
UMKC shuttle bus info – www.umkc.edu/transportation/ UMKC permit parking available in the Cherry St. Parking Garage (5005 Oak Street)
How to Write and Present a Poster (need UMKC user ID/password)
Contact Office of Research Administration for any additional questions.
2016
- Word Limit 350—no images.
- Due by March 2, 2016 to online portal.
- Select abstract title carefully! It should match your poster title.
- Student’s mentor will need to approve abstract submission—email will automatically be generated to mentor at time of submission.
- Please make sure to input your advisor’s preferred email address.
- Volker Campus Student Union, 4th floor – Room 401
- 3-5:00 pm Student Poster Presentations
- Schools participating include: Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Biological Sciences, Engineering and Arts & Science
- Students should be prepared to give 3-5 minutes presentation to viewers –allow 5 minutes for questions.
- Research Administration will put up SOM posters.
Medical Students | Graduate Students (currently enrolled) |
• 1st place poster/presentation | • 1st place poster/presentation |
Danielle Cunningham, “Astroblastoma: Identifying Critical Radiologic Features” UMKC mentor is Lisa Hutchison, MD and Natasha Acosta, MD |
Shilpa Babbar, “Acute Fetal Behavioral Response to Prenatal Yoga: A Single Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial (TRY Yoga)” UMKC mentors are Dev Maulik, MD and Karen Williams, PhD |
• 2nd place | |
Gaurav Anand, “Pharmacological Control Of Oxidative Stress-mediated Effects on Endocannabinoid Signaling Pathways” UMKC mentors are Christa Montgomery, Ahsan Hussain, Heather Johnson, Peter Koulen, PhD |
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• 3rd place | |
Chelsea Shapland, “Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) Increases Cardiac Contractility and Induces Cardiac Mechanical Alternans which are Eliminated by FGFR4 Antibody Treatment and a PLC Inhibitor” UMKC mentor is Mike Wacker, PhD |
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Awards provided in memory of former faculty member Loredana Brizio Molteni, MD, FACS |
Students should check-in at the HSSRS registration table in the Student Union, 4th floor (5100 Cherry St.) before 3pm.
SOM students will be assigned specific times for their poster & presentation to be judged.
The SOM students presenting posters will be judged by SOM faculty. Students will be judged by two faculty members and will be notified of your judging times. Awards are available for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places for the BA/MD students and 1st place for the post-graduate students.
Awards provided in memory of former faculty member Loredana Brizio Molteni, MD, FACS
UMKC shuttle bus info – www.umkc.edu/transportation/ UMKC permit parking available in the Cherry St. Parking Garage (5005 Oak Street)
How to Present Your Research: The 10 Minute Talk (need UMKC user ID/password)
How to Write and Present a Poster (need UMKC user ID/password)
Contact Office of Research Administration for any additional questions.
2015
- Word Limit 350—no images.
- Due by February 25th to online portal.
- Select abstract title carefully! It should match your poster title.
- Student’s mentor will need to approve abstract submission—email will automatically be generated to mentor at time of submission.
- 3-5:30 pm Student Poster Presentations
- Schools participating include: Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Biological Sciences, Engineering and Arts & Science
- Students should be prepared to give 3-5 minutes presentation to viewers –allow 5 minutes for questions.
- Research Administration will put up SOM posters.
Medical Students | Graduate Students (currently enrolled) |
• 1st place poster/presentation | • 1st place poster/presentation |
Kayla Briggs “Enterovirus D68 Illness in Hospitalized Children under 24 Months of Age – mentored at UMKC by Rangaraj Selvrangan, Ferdaus Hassan, Mary Anne Jackson, and Jennifer E. Schuster” | Tim Fendler “Alignment of Do-Not-Resuscitate Status with Patients’ Likelihood of Favorable Neurological Survival after In-hospital Cardiac Arrest – mentored by John Spertus, Fengming Tang, and Paul Chan” |
• 2nd place (tie) | |
Megan Litzau “Medical Students’ NBME Subject Exam Preparation Habits and Their Predictive Effects on Actual Scores – mentored by at UMKC by Angellar Manguvo, Jennifer Quaintance, and Stefanie Ellison” | |
• 2nd place (tie) | |
Supriya Dasari and Susamita Kesh “Smooth Muscle Actin (SMA1) Stain Lungs and Heart on Strains of CUX-1 Transgenic Mice – mentored by at UMKC Agostino Molteni and Betty Herndon” | |
Awards provided in memory of former faculty member Loredana Brizio Molteni, MD, FACS |
Students should check-in at the HSSRS registration table in the Student Union, 4th floor (5100 Cherry St.) before 3pm.
SOM students will be assigned specific times for their poster & presentation to be judged.
UMKC shuttle bus info – www.umkc.edu/transportation/ UMKC permit parking available in the Cherry St. Parking Garage (5005 Oak Street)
How to Present Your Research: The 10 Minute Talk (need UMKC user ID/password)
How to Write and Present a Poster (need UMKC user ID/password)
Contact Office of Research Administration for any additional questions.
2014
Word Limit 350—no images.
Due by February 24th to online portal.
Select abstract title carefully! It should match your poster title.
Student’s mentor will need to approve abstract submission—email will automatically be generated to mentor at time of submission.
Email Poster to: SomResearch@umkc.edu
3-5:30 pm Student Poster Presentations
Schools participating include: Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Biological Sciences, Engineering and Arts & Science
Students should be prepared to give 3-5 minutes presentation to viewers –allow 5 minutes for questions.
Research Administration will put up and take down SOM posters. Students will be responsible for coordinating with Office of Research Administration a pick-up time for their poster after the event.
Medical Students | Graduate Students (currently enrolled) |
• 1st place poster/presentation | • 1st place poster/presentation |
Jacob Voelkel“FGF and Notch Signaling Hierarchy in Sensory Neurogenesis.” | Timothy Fendler“Provider Variability and Characteristics Associated with Bivalirudin Use for Bleeding Avoidance in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention after Implementation of a Decision Support Tool.” |
• 2nd place | • 2nd place |
Jeet Mehta“Comparison of Echocardiographic Methods to Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Survivors of Pediatric Cancer.” | Anna Grodzinsky“Relationship between Prescription of Diabetes Friendly Beta-Blockers and Glucose Control after an Acute Myocardial Infarction.” |
• 3rd place | |
Keliang Xiao“Do Outcomes of Surgical Treatment for Achalasia Depend on the Manometric Subtype?”Apurva Bhatt and Peter Lazarz“An Evaluation of the Control of Diabetes at the Sojourner Free Health Clinic.” | |
Awards provided in memory of former faculty member Loredana Brizio Molteni, MD, FACS |
Students should check-in at the HSSRS registration table in the Student Union, 4th floor (5100 Cherry St.) before 3pm.
SOM students will be assigned specific times for their poster & presentation to be judged.
UMKC shuttle bus info – www.umkc.edu/transportation/ UMKC permit parking available in the Cherry St. Parking Garage (5005 Oak Street)
2013
Word Limit 350—no images.
Due by February 8th to online portal.
Select abstract title carefully! It should match your poster title.
Student’s mentor will need to approve abstract submission—email will automatically be generated to mentor at time of submission.
1st Place | $500 | Asha Nookala |
2nd Place | $400 | Hirak Shah |
3rd Place | $300 | Fizza Abbas |
4th Place | $200 | Joshua Williams |
5th Place | $100 | Caitlyn Nickols |
Poster and Presentation awards are in memory of Loredana Brizio Molteni, MD.![]() 2013 Award Winners: |
2 pm Speaker, Wayne Carter, DVM, PhD, DACVIM President and CEO of KCALSI will speak at the Student Union’s Theater.
3-6 pm Student Poster Presentations
Schools participating include: Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Biological Sciences, Engineering and Arts & Science
Shuttle service (wheelchair accessible) available between Hospital Hill and Student Union 12:30 – 6:00 pm.
Students should be prepared to give 3-5 minutes presentation to viewers –allow 5 minutes for questions.
Research Administration will put up and take down SOM posters. Students will be responsible for coordinating with Office of Research Administration a pick-up time for their poster after the event.













How to Present Your Research: The 10 Minute Talk (need UMKC user ID/password)
How to Write and Present a Poster (need UMKC user ID/password)
Contact Office of Research Administration for any additional questions.
2012
UMKC SOM Alumni Association Awards ($250 each)
Erin Burns
Matthew Goers
UMKC SOM Faculty Awards in memory of Loredana Brizio Molteni, MD, FACS
1st Place ($300) – Heather Anderson
2nd Place ($200) – Sreeharsha Nandyala
3rd Place ($100) – Vanessa Smith
2011
UMKC SOM Alumni Association Awards
Poster – Sarah Jennison $250
Oral Presentation – Nikoo Cheraghi $250
UMKC SOM Faculty Awards in memory of Loredana Brizio Molteni, MD, FACS
Poster 1st Place – Sarah Jennison $300
Poster 2nd Place – Amy Patel $200
Poster 3rd Pace – Kathleen Doo $100
Oral Presentation 1st Place – Neeti Desai $300
Oral Presentation 2nd Place – AshleyAbraham $200
Oral Presentation 3rd Place – Jessica Curry $100
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